Thread Number: 74896
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
Brought These Cuties Home Today! |
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Post# 987061   3/17/2018 at 20:51 (2,230 days old) by Washerlover (The Big Island, Hawai’i)   |   | |
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Couldn’t resist the novelty factor — a matched set and good ol’ Montgomery Ward! Haven’t unloaded them from the truck yet but wanted to share pics. Undoubtedly WCI/Westinghouse by the looks of the agitator with I’m guessing indexing tub. Other than a big rusty scratch on top of the dryer, they are very clean. Pretty deluxe with all those cycle options!
Hope to get them hooked up this week and see how they operate. |
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Post# 987065 , Reply# 1   3/17/2018 at 22:10 (2,230 days old) by jons1077 (Vancouver, Washington, USA)   |   | |
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Post# 987068 , Reply# 2   3/17/2018 at 22:22 (2,230 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 987069 , Reply# 3   3/17/2018 at 22:30 (2,230 days old) by Mrsalvo (New Braunfels Texas)   |   | |
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Cool!! They look to be very fun machines. How much do the hold? Congratulations!!! |
Post# 987108 , Reply# 5   3/18/2018 at 07:39 (2,230 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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Great find! I always loved watching the indexing tub of a Franklin-based washer. Had a 1986-ish and a 2005 Frigidaire. While not exactly impressive in the rollover department, these machines are unfazed by even wildly unbalanced loads. It'll spin almost anything. Have fun; hope they don't require much work to get them up and running.
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Post# 987133 , Reply# 6   3/18/2018 at 13:54 (2,230 days old) by potatochips ( )   |   | |
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Nice find! I didnt know there was a portable machine just like this. I wouldve assumed they were an impellor, like a rebadged Hitachi. Would you be able to get us a video? |
Post# 987140 , Reply# 7   3/18/2018 at 14:23 (2,230 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 987147 , Reply# 8   3/18/2018 at 15:27 (2,230 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Set looks eerily similar to my first W&D set; a GE "Space Maker".
www.advertigo.net/kepek/2... www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/T... |
Post# 987148 , Reply# 9   3/18/2018 at 15:31 (2,230 days old) by turquoisedude (.)   |   | |
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Post# 987161 , Reply# 10   3/18/2018 at 17:05 (2,230 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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Post# 987192 , Reply# 11   3/18/2018 at 22:01 (2,229 days old) by Washerlover (The Big Island, Hawai’i)   |   | |
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Thank you all for the wonderful comments! Did a maiden wash and dry today in both machines (after a once-over cleaning/lubricating, etc.) and that washer is amazing. Infinite water level, lint filter, two-speed, and capacity a little more than I thought. Upon my inspection, saw “03-24-84” stamped on the pump. Funny that it’s only three days off from my birthday (well, I was born 03-21-64) but still kinda cool. Dryer of course at 115V, is a little slow, but a trouper. Will try to post videos soon.
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